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Spellcasting Catastrophes When you create a magic system, you want it to be clean and concise, right? You want it to be simple and foolproof.
The High Price of Magic Everything in life carries a price. It’s a law so universally understood that we feel it in our bones. Yet
View previous lesson In the last lesson, I pointed out that most magic systems tend to be rather stale, that they don’t create a sense
Over twenty-five years ago I began editing professionally. I began by doing volunteer work as an editor for literary magazines, but my first job was
Recently I wrote about appealing to the senses and stated that humans have more than just the five sensory inputs that you learned in school.
Envision a reader picking up your novel. As she begins to read, she hopes to be transported into a story, one that is rich and detailed, one that takes her away from her own place and time. Now, as she reads, she may be sitting in her living room, while a turkey bakes in the oven, and a fan rotates overhead. She may have been worrying about her sister’s sick dog, and perhaps a sore throat.
Hi, I’m David Farland. I’m a New York Times Bestselling and author of over 60 books and I’d like to teach you how to become
I got this question once about writing large novels. We may all ask a variation of it, is my novel too long? How precise can
Whenever you have a story that seems too predictable, look for ways to add turning points. If a character is trying to figure out how to get from point A to point B, figure out how to force him to go to point C first. If he thinks that he understands someone else’s motivations or goals—say those of a lover or killer—surprise the reader with a twist that casts the story in a new light.
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